The author feels that the income advantage of a male college graduate has fallen during the past 10 years. This is due in part to the difficulty college graduates have encountered in obtaining college-type jobs. He states that the job market for new graduates in the 1980s should improve. (CT)

The paper examines the quantitative dimensions, causes, and consequences of the "new depression" in the college job market due to the changes in the industrial structure and continued growth of supply. (Author/BP)

The 1982 job market for college graduates and future prospects are considered and the current conditions are compared to the economic rewards of the 1970s. A moderate improvement in the relative earnings and occupational attainment of college graduates began in the mid-1970s and continued through the early 1980s, but did not equal the pre-1970's…

Examines the quantitative dimensions, causes, and consequences of the "new depression" in the college job market, explaining the downturn as slackened demand due to changes in industrial structure and growth of supply, and finding that the fraction of young men choosing college fell in the seventies in response to the market. (Editor/JT)

The age-earnings profile of male workers is significantly influenced by the age composition of the workforce. The dependence of the age-earnings profile on demographically induced movements along a relative demand schedule suggests that standard human capital models of the profile are incomplete. (MF)

This paper provides a critical review of the purposes, current techniques and potential methods for analyzing doctorate and other high-level labor markets. Chapter 1 describes and interprets the doctorate manpower market of the 1960's and early 1970's, as well as the forecasted manpower crisis of the 1970's and early 1980's. Chapter 2 gives a…

Analysis of data for 1969 and 1973 show that employment patterns of black college faculty members have been significantly changed, mostly through affirmative action programs, and that black male faculty, for the periods analyzed, received more job offers and higher salaries than comparable white faculty. (MF)

This examination of the collapse in traditional discriminatory patterns in the market for highly qualified black Americans documents the World War II gain of college trained and related high level black workers, investigates the response of black college students and qualified personnel to the new market setting, and explores the factors that…

This collection of papers on the youth employment problem consists of 15 papers that cover the dimensions, causes, and consequences of youth unemployment and that also focus on problems in measuring the extent of the problem, the dynamic aspects of youth labor force participation, and problems associated with adequately assessing the consequences…